As the number of people who work here continues to grow at the rate of some bacteria it is not overly exciting that there should be people on my bus that get off at my stop... and also work at my place.
For several weeks I rode the bus with this guy. He would get on in Bloomfield and we would ride the rest of the way together and get off together and walk in the back door together and then I would go in my door and he would continue upstairs. I began to take notes on him to see if I could guess where he worked in the building. He has grayish hair and often wears a boat hat and ear phones. He carries a backpack and has dark, thick rimmed glasses. I came to the almost immediate conclusion he was not an ADA but definitely worked for AiO. He wasn't slick enough to work for South and he didn't work downstairs so not Argosy. I knew he wasn't an IT guy as I knew most of them (oh I need to write about my laptop and the button incident). That really left HR, Web design, curriculum, financial aid and registration. Of course there was always secret option #6 which is there are actually random jobs here that I don't know about!
I tried to enter act without actually introducing myself as that would ruin the game. But even when I said "Good Morning" "Happy Friday" and "Have a good day" he said nothing. So where could a mute person work here.... well any of the non student facing jobs. That takes out financial and probably HR. Also I knew most of the HR people from my administrative days.
Then one day I was going to a meeting on the other side of the world (quite literally it is at least a block away and the address of the meeting room is different than mine.) AND I SAW HIM!!!
He was interacting with people like a normal guy and he was up in the registration realm. (A place that I don't often go as it is unpredictable and a little dangerous) haHA mystery man occupation solved... he is one of the numerous nameless, faceless registration peoples.
THEN the most ridiculous thing happened yesterday! I was not so randomly placed in yet another meeting that had to do with calculating graduation dates for our students. A few AiO advisors, a couple South Advisors, AiO lead advisors, main registration lady and MYSTERY MAN. I about peed my pants!
Not only that but his name is Bill and I currently have 43 emails in my inbox from him. I have had numerous email conversations with him about various graduating students.
So when he got on the bus this morning I got this huge smile on my face. When I got up to leave the bus he was standing right next to my seat. He totally made eye contact (first time) and as we walked in (our old comfortable routine) I said, "Have a good day." and he said,
"You too."
